I'm buying a computer for about $1500. At first I was thinking of building one, but my dad told me to shop it against prebuilt ones. I have a couple of places to shop against it.
Parts from newegg:
One from cyberpowersystem.com:
One from Dell:
One from ibuypower.com:
Which one would be the best buy for the money?
Parts from newegg:
Mobo:
GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128283
Case:
AeroCool SPIRAL GALAXIES Black/Silver Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811196006
Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822135106
Keyboard/Mouse
Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical 967320-0403 Black PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16823126131
Ram
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145440
Monitor
SAMSUNG 710N-BK Black 17" 12ms LCD Monitor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824001171
Games:
Half Life 2 PC Game SIERRA - Retail
Guild Wars PC Game NCSOFT - Retail
PSU:
ENERMAX EG465P-VE(FC) ATX 460W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103440
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103537
Video Card
XFX PVT45GUDF3 Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814150091
(I have a good cd-rom drive already)
Total: $1261.81 w/o shipping
One from cyberpowersystem.com:
CASE : ATX MEDIUM TOWER CASE 350 WATT (BLACK COLOR)
CPU : (939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 4000+ CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD : (Sckt939)Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI nForce4 Ultra SLI Chipset Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN,USB2.0,IEEE-1394,&7.1Audio
MEMORY : 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value RAM)
HARD DRIVE : Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 150 8MB Cache -- Recommended
VIDEO CARD : ATI RADEON X800 256MB 16X PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD
Optical Drive : COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW) (BLACK COLOR)
MONITOR & LCD : FujiPlus FP568 15" TFT LCD Monitor (2TONE - BLK/SIL)
Total: 1364.00 not including 5% off and shipping
One from Dell:
Dell Dimension 9100
Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800FSB)
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Monitors FREE UPGRADE! 17 inch E173FP Analog Flat Panel
Video Cards 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X850 XT
Hard Drives 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Mouse Dell Optical USB Mouse
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Speakers Dell A215 Speakers
Office Productivity Software Microsoft Works Suite 2005 - Includes Word 2002, Streets & Trips 2005
Total: $1,383.90 not including shipping
One from ibuypower.com:
Case ( Cotytech ATX Mid-Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Silver )
Power Supply ( Enermax EG565P 535 Watt Power Supply [SLI-Ready] )
Processor ( AMD® Athlon-64 3000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Free Software/Game ( Free Half Life 2 Download Coupon Free Half Life 2 download coupon with purchase of AMD-64 based systems )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( Abit KV-80 VIA K8M800 w/LAN, 5.1 Sound, IEEE-1394, USB 2.0 8x AGP Motherboard )
Additional Software ( MS Works Suite 2005 [Word, Works, Money, Encarta, Picture It! Premium, Streets and Trips] )
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( Nvidia GeForce 6600-GT 128MB w/DVI + TV Out 8x AGP Video )
Hard Drive ( 80 GB HARD DRIVE 80 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive )
CD/DVD Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM Drive Silver )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( 10/100 Network Onboard )
Floppy Drive ( Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive Silver )
Monitor ( LCD Monitor Optiquest 17" TFT LCD Monitor [Black] )
Keyboard ( Combo: Logitech Black Desktop Internet Keyboard + Optical Mouse Black )
Total: $1,145.00 w/o shipping
Which one would be the best buy for the money?